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NUCLEAR ENERGY
Nuclear power plant :● buy uranium or plutonium =fossile energies
●produced by fusion
● non-renewable / can be stocked / 6000 Megawatts produced
it costs 16 / MWH
● used all the time
● no CO2 or fine particles
● radioactive wastes
The USA has 104 nuclear power plants :the greatest number in the
world
There's a huge concentration of nuclear plants in the Eastern States.
Palo Verde in Arizona is the biggest nuclear plant in the US.
THERMAL ENERGY : 1-COAL
●Buy coal
●non-renewable = fossil energy
●burnt to activate a turbine and generates electricity : 400 MegaWatts
it costs 400 MWH
●used all the time /can be stocked
●no radioactive emissions or wastes
●CO2 and fine particles emissions
THERMAL ENERGY : 2-OIL
Oil wells : on land or off- shore.
A pipeline
An oil-fired power plant in Grundy County, Illinois (North-East)
THERMAL ENERGY :3-NATURAL GAS
493 natural gas power plants in the US. Lake Side Power in Utah.
How do we get natural gas ?Conventional natural gas .
Shale gas : very
deep in the ground
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